Flushing, New Netherland

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Flushing, New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement on Long Island, notable as an early center of religious tolerance in what is now Queens, New York City.

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Flushing, New Netherland canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial settlement
former municipality
historic place
charterGrantedBy Director Willem Kieft NERFINISHED
Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED
charterKnownAs Flushing patent NERFINISHED
charterYear 1645
colonialPower Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Dutch Republic
event Flushing Remonstrance of 1657 NERFINISHED
foundedBy Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED
Dutch colonists
foundingCentury 17th century
foundingYearApproximate 1645
governedBy Director-General of New Netherland NERFINISHED
Peter Stuyvesant NERFINISHED
knownFor Flushing Remonstrance NERFINISHED
early religious tolerance
languageUsed Dutch
English
laterPartOf British colonial America NERFINISHED
Province of New York NERFINISHED
legacy influenced American traditions of religious freedom
legalTradition Dutch colonial law
locatedIn Long Island
New Netherland NERFINISHED
present-day New York City
present-day New York State
present-day Queens
mergedInto Province of New York after English conquest of 1664 NERFINISHED
modernSuccessor Borough of Queens NERFINISHED
City of New York NERFINISHED
Flushing, Queens NERFINISHED
namedAfter Flushing, Zeeland NERFINISHED
Vlissingen NERFINISHED
partOf West Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island NERFINISHED
presentDayAdministrativeArea Queens County NERFINISHED
State of New York NERFINISHED
presentDayNeighborhoodCorrespondence Flushing neighborhood in Queens NERFINISHED
regionType town on Long Island
religiousGroupsPresent Dutch Reformed Church members NERFINISHED
English settlers
Quakers NERFINISHED
status defunct settlement
timePeriod Dutch colonial era

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John Bowne residence Flushing, New Netherland